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Maintaining a Readiness The ROK Armed Forces has been enhan-
Posture Against Other Types of cing the civilian-government-military-
Provocations police integrated defense posture in prepa-
ration for potential terrorist and cyber-
attacks against key national infrastructure and public facilities in the capital area and
rear areas. To complete the posture for executing integrated defense operations led by
the heads of local government, a civilian–government–military–police information–
sharing system has been built and is being operated while the integrated readiness Chapter 3
posture is being reinforced through the development of operational plans and
response manuals for each type of provocation as well as periodical defense exercises
and training. In addition, to swiftly counter diverse threats of terrorism, a military
counter-terrorism special forces unit and counter-terrorism operations units for
various types of terror threats have been additionally designated. The ROK Armed
Forces has also been establishing a thorough counter-terrorism readiness posture by
improving counter-terrorism operations carried out by the civilian–government–
military–police integrated defense system and enhancing the support posture for the
integrated defense system.
In addition, the ROK Armed Forces will strengthen the civilian-government-
military-police cooperation system by setting up a collaboration system with the
Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and updating the crisis response manual
for GPS signal disturbance to counter North Korea’s global positioning system
(GPS) jamming attempts, and will continue to improve preparedness and response
capabilities against cyber-attack attempts.

3. Maintaining a Readiness Posture Against Full Scale War Dokdo, the beautiful
island of Korea

Enhancing Wartime Operations North Korea continues to improve its con- 13)
Execution Capabilities ventional force qualitatively and maintains It is an exercise for mission
execution by commanding
a posture capable of launching surprise officers and staff
organizations of different
attacks and engaging in blitzkrieg with minimal repositioning in contingencies by echelon levels. During the
exercise, they practice the
deploying the bulk of its key forces in the forward area south of the Pyongyang– relocation and operation
of a command post as
Wonsan line. well as the procedures
of command and staff
In preparation for the North Korea’s threat of a provocation for a full-scale war, activities under various
scenarios while maintaining
the ROK Armed Forces continues to enhance ROK–US bilateral operational plans, communications. They
also learn operational
certifies and refines them through annual ROK–US theater-level combined command plans and the application
of standards operating
post exercises (CPX) . procedures (SOPs).
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